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July 16, 2009
House Dems set to vote on health care bill...
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July 13, 2009
Follow the goings-on in Washington DC...
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July 8, 2009
He stalks because he cares, right?..
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June 10, 2009
What happened at the Holocaust Museum was an act of terror. We often rail on about foreign aggressors. What of the domestic?
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June 10, 2009
Both the shooter and a security guarded were wounded at the museum's entrance this afternoon...
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June 9, 2009
Wanna close the achievement gap? Wanna drag people across the ground and humiliate them in front of people they know?...
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by Dayo Olopade onMarch 22, 2009
Steeped in a history of activism and black empowerment, Elizabeth Wilkins carried her familiy's torch to communities of color during the 2008 campaign. Now, she's making sure Barack Obama's policy agenda affects the lives of those she met on the trail.
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by Dayo Olopade onMarch 22, 2009
Michael Blake never imagined himself working in the White House. But "Yes We Can"—then-Senator Barack Obama's training program for young people of color—saw his potential early. Now, the Bronx-born organizer is using his political education to connect the West Wing with state and local governments across the country.
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by Dayo Olopade onMarch 22, 2009
Addisu Demissie has logged thousands of hours working for the Democratic Party--first for Senator Hillary Clinton and then Barack Obama during the 2008 campaign. Now, this self-described "political junkie" is taking the lead in translating Obama's massive grassroots organization into a force for progressive change.
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by Dayo Olopade onMarch 22, 2009
Samantha Tubman visited 48 states in the Union and criss-crossed Europe and the Middle East as a wrangler on Barack Obama's campaign plane. Now, she's putting her "ready for anything" attitude to work, joining White House Social Secretary Desirée Rogers in making 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue "the people's house."
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